Grammar
Browse grammar content by JLPT level.
Recommended lessons
〜がります (~garimasu)
3rd person wants to
〜代わりに
Instead of... / In exchange for...
〜ましょう (mashou)
Let's do... / Shall we...?
〜てください (te kudasai)
Please do...
〜なりに / 〜なりの
In one's own way; suitable for; within the limits of.
〜つもりだ (tsumori da)
Intend to do / Plan to do
Grammar lessons
〜たことがある (ta koto ga aru)
To have the experience of doing something in the past
〜やすい / 〜にくい (yasui / nikui)
Easy to do / Difficult to do
〜なさい
Do (something). Used to give a firm, authoritative instruction or order, commonly used by parents, teachers, or in written test instructions.
～ということだ
I heard that / It is said that / It means that (used to report information from another source)
～について
About / Regarding (used to introduce the topic of an article or discussion)
～によると
According to (used to indicate the source of information in news or reports)
〜ようと思う (yō to omou)
To think of doing something; to express an intention or plan.
〜てしまう (te shimau)
To do something completely, or to regretfully/accidentally do something.
〜てみる (te miru)
To try doing something (to see how it turns out/what it's like).
〜方 (〜かた)
Way of doing; how to do [verb]
〜に行く / 〜に来る
Go/come to do something (expresses the purpose of traveling to a specific place)
〜すぎる
too much; excessively (used to describe unhealthy habits or physical states, e.g., 'ate too much' or 'working too hard')